Henry, Finn or William?

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Can't decide between these three, so I'm asking on here.

William purely because Finn/Finley seems to be the most popular boys name where we live. I don't think I have come across any little Henry's or Williams in my area.

William for me. Variety of different style nn's if he wants, plus some great namesakes (the "Conqueror", Wallace, Wilberforce, Pitt, Gladstone, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Blake, Morris...) classic and perennially popular/timeless but not quite as currently overused as the similarly classic Henry/Harry. Finn is fairly trendy, I'm not sure it will age as well as Henry and William.

Henry

Not Finn

Henry.

Henry
William
Finn

Finn just sounds a bit wet to me.

William definitely

Finn is extremely common nowadays

William will never go out of fashion it's a lovely traditional name

William

Finn

not finn. it's not a proper first name.
the others are fine.
but because prince william is more popular than silly prince harry now, perhaps that has the edge over henry.

Finn isn't a proper name?

English people need to get out more.

@alexdgr8

not finn. it's not a proper first name. the others are fine. but because prince william is more popular than silly prince harry now, perhaps that has the edge over henry.

What is a 'proper' first name?

Henry

William. I liked Finn once but there are loads and I think it will date. William is timeless.

William.

Would have used it for ds1 had BIL not beaten us to it
Managed to slip it in for ds2 but only as a middle.

All three are nice normal names.

Unusual for MN!

William, then Henry, then Finn.
I'm not keen on Finn at all.

@Tigger85

William purely because Finn/Finley seems to be the most popular boys name where we live. I don't think I have come across any little Henry's or Williams in my area.

Where do you live? Finn isn't popular here at all so just wondering where it's big in popularity!

My nearly 20 year old is called Finn. It's been in the top 100 for nearly 20ish years now and is still climbing, so I don't expect it will date.
I also really like William but have never warmed to Henry.

Finn or Will.

Henry or Finn

I don't like Finn at all.
Henry is lovely.
William is also good.

Henry

I've got three Finns/Finleys in my class this year

@fiddlestick124 I think it was the fourth most popular name for boys last year? It was definitely well in the top ten, it’s been on our shortlist but it’s far too popular, I think. Sadly!

William